Hello, Starting a new thread! Let's hear from anyone on here that would like to do a kite sewing project. It is being decided what type of kite to make and so far many have liked the idea of sewing a ROK. Anyone else like to make a suggestion? As far as a place to sew with room to do it, we have a building we own that we did it a few years ago. The building is heated, so we can do this anytime coming up. Last time we did it in the winter, but the date could be anytime from October to April. Love to hear ideas and suggestions. We ordered food and did a buffet style lunch, but that is up to everyone else if they'd want to do that.

I'd be interested. Not sure when. Superbowl weekend is out for me, and probably the weekends around Christmas. I might also try to go to TI and/or Kite Party, so those weekends might be out too. I'll have a chat with my wife about the rest of our calendar. I'd prefer a winter weekend just because it's less likely to be good kite flying weather during the winter.

We have a sewing machine but I know nothing about sewing. I've often thought, however, that it would be fun to have a kite (probably a rok.) with my college alma mater's logo on it. That's something I'd have to sew myself, or pay someone to make. I've even exchanged some email with Gary Engvall about the idea. So, a kite-making workshop might be a fun way to learn techniques that I could later apply to such a project. Can't promise I'd make it, but I do have some interest.

I like the canard - it looks like a Marconi variant without a vertical keel for stability. Rebuilding a Marconi that I first built as a teenager is actually the first project I want to tackle. By "rebuilding" I mean "throw everything away because it's that bad" and "build a new kite that looks like the original." Maybe I will use some of the original fabric to make a tail.

I'd be up for a Rok as they look pretty straightforward to build with the possibility of doing lots of designs via applique (or not, if you want to keep it simple). I think I might be able to handle that . . . . maybe I can even learn to sew a reasonably straight line.

I would love to join that class. Winter is probably best. I've been wanting to build a Rokkaku and it could be finished in a day. I have saved a few different sets of instructions, but haven't tried it yet. If someone with a little bit of experience could settle on plans they like and issue a materials list would be awesome. Even if we all do IKE colors to show our allegiance whenever we're out would be cool. Maybe panel cutting before hand too. My family has multiple sewing machines that I can use.

When I did the Rok class last time, I had people do the cutting themselves so they could experiment with both hot and cold cutting. The hot cutting helped with part of the sewing too. It welded a couple pieces together to help keep things lined up for sewing.